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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21 | Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the rescuing crew members find on board the Patna that baffles them?
(a) A dead man.
(b) Massive food stores.
(c) Ammunition.
(d) Sleeping passengers.

2. What is the name of the nautical assessor who is presiding over the inquiry and who captains a steel steamer?
(a) Marlow.
(b) Elliot.
(c) Jones.
(d) Brierly.

3. At Marlow's business meeting, what is the name of the admiral who ruins the plot of the man from Madagascar's business scheme?
(a) Admiral Pierre.
(b) Admiral Richey.
(c) Admiral Elliot.
(d) Admiral Grandon.

4. After taking part in the revolutionary movement, with whom does Stein find refuge?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A watchmaker.
(c) A bartender.
(d) A ship's captain.

5. What order does Jim receive from the captain when the captain stops fighting with the drunken man?
(a) To wake the first mate.
(b) To stop the engines.
(c) To send an SOS.
(d) To not alert any of the passengers.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Marlow, one of the worst examples of a time when Jim simply gets up and leaves because of his past occurs in what city?

2. What does Jim contemplate doing while in the lifeboat, but does not do because he does not want to give the other three men in the lifeboat the satisfaction?

3. According to the Frenchman speaking to Marlow, what does one not die from?

4. What is the name of the engineer who collapses from a heart attack aboard the Patna?

5. What does Stein collect?

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